Badmutha

Does someone own the Japanese SE of this film? According to cdjapan it should have english subtitles. There's also another Japanese release without any extras. Also a French release seems to be pretty good qualitywise, but without english subtitles.

Any other versions available?

Prancetron2000

I asked about this same thing a few months ago. The Japanese DVD seems to be your best bet.

Badmutha

So it seems... too bad that the Japanese discs are so expensive. French releases are usually reasonably priced but almost never contain english subtitles, e.g. the Kurosawa Box Set, which I'm planning to buy anyway. Hopefully there will be another cheaper release in the U.S. or Europe, because the film is excellent.

Prancetron2000

There's a guy at the kungfufandom ezboard who has the movie as well as a DVD writer and I'm waiting to see if he'd be willing to make a copy for me.

Hendrik

"...French releases are usually reasonably priced but almost never contain english subtitles..."

...and why, pray tell, should the French - who make DVDs for the French(-language) market - have English subtitles on their release(s) of Japanese (or Italian, or German, or Taiwanese, etc.) movies...?... Does e.g. Criterion provide French subtitles on their releases of Japanese (or Russian, or German, or Italian, or Iranian, etc.) movies...?... does kino...?... etc.

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Badmutha

I didn't criticize the French DVD companies... I just stated a well-known fact =)

Prancetron2000

Don't worry, the French are very touchy.